Use political maps and physical maps of Europe to determine climates of regions of Europe.
Warmup A
1. Which type of map would you use to find borders of countries?
2. Which type of map would you use to find the elevations of certain locations?
3. Which type of map would you use to find the names of the capitals of specific nations?
4. Which type of map would you use to see what natural resources can be found in a country?
Warmup B
5. What kind of information would be included in the key of a political map?
6. What kind of information could you find in the legend of a physical map?
Each group of students clicks on a different ecosystem and creates a presentation (poster, interview, skit, oral presentation) for the rest of the class.
Rainforests
Deserts
Grasslands
Temperate Forests
Tundra
Teacher presents
Savannah
Chaparrel
Taiga
As groups present, the “audience” takes notes on a tree map.
Warmup A
1. Which type of map would you use to find borders of countries?
2. Which type of map would you use to find the elevations of certain locations?
3. Which type of map would you use to find the names of the capitals of specific nations?
4. Which type of map would you use to see what natural resources can be found in a country?
Warmup B
5. What kind of information would be included in the key of a political map?
6. What kind of information could you find in the legend of a physical map?
Reading Maps
Maps of the world and maps of Europe
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000239901
Open political map of Europe and find what is at the given coordinates.
Nations of the world
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=55301
Climate defined
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/cli_define.html
Specific ecosystems
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/cli_latitude.html
Each group of students clicks on a different ecosystem and creates a presentation (poster, interview, skit, oral presentation) for the rest of the class.
Teacher presents
As groups present, the “audience” takes notes on a tree map.